Fascist New Mexico

Fascist New Mexico was a political entity that formed in the aftermath of the Protest Wars in America. It was the main antagonist the region and its satellite defense systen was a major roadblock for other nations trying to develop space programs.

History
The details of the Fascist nation's formation are mosty sketchy, and nobody knew quite how such a large number of supporters gathered and organized so quickly, but some suggest bribes financed by illegal sponge sales. Also propoganda played a role in recruiting scientists for the government.

Most of the citizens of the original New Mexico were living in the nation more or less not by choice, kept within the borders by a regime controlled by extremists. Propaganda declaring the beginning of a new great society attracted some unfortunate and uneducated citizens from other places as well. Nevertheless, New Mexico remained one of the least populated nations in the American continent.

New Mexico was responsible for the creation of the slime mold disease that killed most of the moon's and Russia's population later on. They sent a chimpanzee to Mars along with a genetically modified slime mold that absorbed the chimpanzees body into its fledgling consciousness. The disease spread through a cargo shipment to a Chinese space station, then to the moon. The slime mold disease killed anyone who contacted it, but the body stayed animated by the slime mold's pseudo-consciousness, seeking out new victims to infect. The disease was spread through tactile and bodily fluidic contact, and biting was a common method to administer the disease. Symptons appeared almost immediately.

By the late 30s the mind of the slime mold had evolved into a super-consciousness, with the combined intellect of all the astronauts and colonists that had been absorbed. In 2035, after approximately 5 years on the moon, building up resources, the slime mold disease reached earth on accident. New Mexico, Russia and Monsoon Asia were hit particularly hard. The zombie-like disease was only stopped when the last remaining Russian scientists that had the genetic cure for the infection launched it on ICBMs that exploded all over the world.

After the dust settled, Terralibero took advantage of New Mexico's weakness by invading. The Socialist Council had attacked the Confederacy, also weak, a week earlier. This was the start of the Wormhole War, which climaxed in a nuclear exchange and release of antimatter through the wormhole.

After the Wormhole War, New Mexico was back to the 1850s. Wild West justice controlled the various cities and villages, with no central government to keep people in line.